Re: [2002-04-30] Release Status Update
On 02 May 2002, Mark Janssen <maniac@maniac.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 12:01, Karl Hammar wrote:
> > Well, I installed recently on a i486 class box, and when the bf-kernel
> > booted the screen went blank.
>
> I've done some vmware installations and one on a real system (pentium
> firewall/gateway box), used disabled framebuffer (without knowing it at
> the time) on the vmware's, and noticed the changes when running with
> framebuffer on the real system.
>
> Disabling it is easy... but might need to be stated a bit more clearly,
> I just added the vga options, not knowing if this would turn on/off
> framebuffer (the first time)
>
> ...
> > Is the fb really needed for installation, or could it just be removed
> > without side effects ?
>
> Not really if you only want to do a normal (english) install, but it's
> required if you want to do the install in korean or something (I noticed
> all kinds of chinese/japanese/unreadable letters in the language select
> screen when running with framebuffer. I assume this is a requirement for
> these languages, since those chars are not in US-ASCII :)
>
>
> --
> Mark Janssen -- maniac(at)maniac.nl -- GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178
> Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT
> Maniac.nl Unix-God.Net|Org MarkJanssen.org|nl SyConOS.com|nl
Soo -- fb is kind of needed for I18N installs.
And I have only seen the problem once (with a Vesa local bus based S3
video card).
Regards,
/Karl
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